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" I've always enjoyed the bohemia of Paisley. "

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" I'm at the point of view that I have to look after myself in various levels. "

" I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles. "

" Sometimes the last thing you want to do is to go on stage and bare your soul in front of hundreds of complete strangers. Singing the same songs night after night can remind you of things you'd rather forget. "

" That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context that you couldn't. They can free your mind or can make you think or can be redeeming. "

" I left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation. "

" The first time I did everything was in Paisley - the first time I went to the pictures or the bowling or the ice rink or the swimming baths. "

" I'm not one to go down that road to say I have some kind of social consciousness. "

" Sometimes it's good to just sing and let the words come out. Whatever comes out is valid because it's what you were thinking. "

" Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else. "

" When I got my first publishing deal, I felt some responsibility to try to write with the people that they were asking me to write with. "

" When you're waking up every day, and it's all about you, I don't consider that to be a way to live your life if you can help it. I think people who know me know that I find time to enjoy myself and not take life - or myself - too seriously at all. "

" Touring can be really tiring. I can get homesick, and I spend a lot of time on my phone. "

" I come from Paisley, the same town as David Sneddon, who won 'Fame Academy.' When he was late for his homecoming reception in the town hall, they held an impromptu talent show. I ended up singing some songs, and that's how I was discovered. "

" I don't know if I've got the capacity for all of the creativity that I want to put out there, which is annoying and frustrating - it's kinda like torture. "

" Racism is one of the worst forms of torture because it's directed at something you never asked for and something you can't change. "

" The people I admire are Tim Buckley and John Martyn - singers that grew into themselves and were honest. John Martyn is one of the great soul singers because soul is not a genre; it's a feeling. "

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" I'm neither here nor there about this Lady Gaga, but she's clearly very passionate about her poker face. "

" I started to learn some common sense. Even just sort of day-to-day things. I started to cook a little bit more and try to learn to fix things around the house. If something breaks down, rather than call a guy, there's got to be more I can do. "

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" You walk with a different air if you're wearing something sharp. "

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" One of my ambitions is to move to Tuscany. I like the idea of getting a vineyard. I love being under the sun and being casual and comfortable. That's my idea of heaven. "

" I've met such amazing people in their 40s, in their 60s, 70s, and they completely bely their age on paper. "

" I know some bands that are precious about their new ideas. They're conscious of the fact that people can - even from mobile phones - begin to get clearer and better recordings of the songs... so they're a lot more hesitant to play them. "

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" Sometimes when you get frustrated, your back is against the wall, and you come out fighting and knock out three songs in as many days. "